Consumers National Bank is helping customers protect themselves against identity theft and fraud by installing free secure shred bins at its ten offices in Carroll, Columbiana and Stark counties.
Shred bins are located in the bank lobbies where customers may deposit confidential material, which will be securely shredded on-site by Cintas, an industry leader in secure document destruction. Customers may bring old bank statements, canceled checks, check registers and other personal and confidential material when they visit CNB.
More than 90 percent of identity fraud results from lost or stolen checkbooks, credit cards, wallets and confidential information, but only 8.3 percent is a result of cyber crimes. People can reduce their risk of identity theft by more than 10 percent by reducing or eliminating their use of paper checks, statements, and bills, according to the Identity Fraud Survey Report conducted by Javelin Strategy and Research.
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